Fontenelle, who was of the party, and who being unacquainted with the language or authors of the country he undertook to condemn, with a spirit truly vulgar began to revile both. Diderot, who liked the English, and knew something of their literary pretensions,... The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version - 第 36 頁Voltaire 著 - 1901完整檢視 - 關於此書
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1836 - 568 頁
...with a spirit truly vulgar began to revile both. Diderot, who liked the English, and knew something of their literary pretensions, attempted to vindicate...quickly perceived that Fontenelle was superior in the dispiite, and were surprised at the silence which Voltaire had preserved all the former part of the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 536 頁
...with a spirit truly vulgar began to revile both. Diderot, who liked the English, and knew something of their literary pretensions, attempted to vindicate...the conversation happened to turn upon one of his (I) [See Life, ch. v.] fevourite topics. Fontenelle continued his triumph till about twelve o'clock,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 530 頁
...with a spirit truly vulgar began to revile both. Diderot, who liked the English, and knew something of their literary pretensions, attempted to vindicate...the conversation happened to turn upon one of his (1) [See Life, cb. v.] favourite topics. Fontenelle continued his triumph till about twelve o'clock,... | |
| Sir James Prior - 1837 - 554 頁
...with a spirit truly vulgar began to revile both. Diderot, who liked the English, and knew something of their literary pretensions, attempted to vindicate...part of the night, particularly as the conversation turned upon one of his favourite topics. " Fontenelle continued his triumph till about twelve o'clock,... | |
| sir James Prior - 1837 - 550 頁
...with a spirit truly vulgar began to revile both. Diderot, who liked the English, and knew something of their literary pretensions, attempted to vindicate...part of the night, particularly as the conversation turned upon one of his favourite topics. " Fontenelle continued his triumph till about twelve o'clock,... | |
| Sir James Prior - 1837 - 558 頁
...with a spirit truly vulgar began to revile both. Diderot, who liked the English, and knew something of their literary pretensions, attempted to vindicate...part of the night, particularly as the conversation turned upon one of his favourite topics. " Fontenelle continued his triumph till about twelve o'clock,... | |
| Sir James Prior - 1837 - 550 頁
...with a spirit truly vulgar began to revile both. Diderot, who liked the English, and knew something of their literary pretensions, attempted to vindicate...part of the night, particularly as the conversation turned upon one of his favourite topics. "Fontenelle continued his triumph till about twelve o'clock,... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1837 - 572 頁
...with a spirit truly vulgar began to revile both. Diderot, who liked the English, and knew something of their literary pretensions, attempted to vindicate...Voltaire had preserved all the former part of the nisrht, particularly as the conversation turned upon one of his favourite topics. " Fontenelle continued... | |
| 1837 - 552 頁
...vindicate their poetry and learning, b»" with unequal abilities. The company quickly perceived thai Fontenelle was superior in the dispute, and were surprised...part of the night, particularly as the conversation turned upon out of his favourite topics. In March was published for the Dodsleys, a book which brought... | |
| 1836 - 564 頁
...with a spirit truly vulgar hegan to revile both. Diderot, who liked the English, and knew something of their literary pretensions, attempted to vindicate...Voltaire had preserved all the former part of the nizht, particularly as the conversation turned upon one of his favourite topics. _' Fontenelle continued... | |
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